Mitch Calvert Members of the Atikokan Voyageurs and Fort Frances’ Kaemingh Esso battled in the final of an Atom ‘A’ tournament at the Ice for Kids Arena on Sunday. The Voyageurs, who don’t have an Atom ‘AA’ program, took the crown with an 8-0 shoutout after advancing to the final […]
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Mitch Calvert The Fort Frances Canadians Midget ‘AA’ hockey team played a pair of exhibition games last week in preparation for a tournament in Grand Forks this coming weekend. The Canadians opened action last Tuesday against the International Falls Broncos’ junior varsity squad, winning by a 4-3 score. Jeff Cridland […]
Mitch Calvert A fitting theme song for Mike McCaig’s first season in junior hockey has to be Johnny Cash’s “I’ve Been Everywhere.” The 18-year-old Fort High graduate began the year with the MJHL’s Selkirk Steelers, then tried out with the Neepawa Natives, before eventually making the cross-country trek to suit […]
The British, and other Europeans, called this animal the elk because it was similar to some of the deer-like animals they had back home. But the Shawnee called it the Wapiti. If you stick to that name, you won’t confuse it with anything else. At one time, the Wapiti ranged […]
Peggy Revell Border Skating Club coach Penny McComb lightened the mood by leading Greta Fedoruk, Rachel McCoy, Raymond Calder, and all the other young skaters in the “Hokey Pokey” at the end of their practice session last Thursday evening at the Memorial Sports Centre.
Staff In local men’s basketball league action Monday night, a depleted Muskie team (due to exams) gave a valiant effort in a 77-69 loss to La Place Rendez-Vous. The game featured several lead changes and quality shot-making, but the Vous took over down the stretch and held on for the […]
Press Release Fort Frances native A.J. Tucker was named the Northern Collegiate Hockey Association’s Player of the Week on Jan. 20. Tucker, who plays for the St. Scholastica Saints out of Duluth, tallied seven points, including a five-point performance (four goals and one assist) in the Saints’ 7-2 win over […]
Mitch Calvert One of the district’s popular fall fishing tournaments will not be a go this year. Dale LaBelle, owner of LaBelle’s Birch Point Camp on Northwest Bay, said he no longer will be hosting the annual “Fall Bass Classic,” citing negative publicity associated with late fall tournaments. “There’s just […]
Mitch Calvert Fort Frances Jr. Sabre Mitch Cain (#71) battled for an offensive zone face-off against Schreiber forward Kevin Clark during the third period of the Diesels’ 3-1 win here Friday.
Mitch Calvert For government purposes, Fort Frances Jr. Sabres’ forward Graham Dyck is known by his given name on his birth certificate. But when he’s on the ice, or joking around with his teammates in the locker-room or away from the rink, he’s addressed with a different handle: “Gidder.” “That’s […]
Now that there’s a man in the White House with some basketball pedigree and a passion for sports, what impact will that have on the North American realm of pro sports? Well, I have some advice for Barack Obama, and since he’s undoubtedly an avid reader of this column, what […]
Mitch Calvert Muskie Justin Anderson drove to the hoop during his team’s 77-69 loss to La Place Rendez-Vous in local men’s basketball league action Monday night at Fort High.
